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Toronto has fired Raptors coach Dwane Casey, league source tells ESPN

Posted by cfabbro
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Toronto has fired coach Dwane Casey, league source tells ESPN.

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    pinwale
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    Oh man, they got crushed by the Cavs!

    Oh man, they got crushed by the Cavs!

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      cfabbro
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      Lol... yes, thanks for reminding me. It's a shame Casey was fired as a result though... he seemed like a really good dude and the players clearly respected the hell out of him. :(

      Lol... yes, thanks for reminding me. It's a shame Casey was fired as a result though... he seemed like a really good dude and the players clearly respected the hell out of him. :(

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      1. nt337
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        Sorry for the late response, just saw this. Idk, I feel like they reached as far as they could get with this team under this coach. It's true they just had their best-ever regular season, but part...

        Sorry for the late response, just saw this.

        Idk, I feel like they reached as far as they could get with this team under this coach. It's true they just had their best-ever regular season, but part of that seemed to just be relative since Boston and Cleveland didn't focus on the regular season that much anyway. And then they fell apart in the playoffs to LeBron as per usual. It's just shocking that they haven't been able to steal a game from the Cavs this year or last year. Though DeRozan and Lowry always choke in the playoffs, I think a ton of the blame should fall on Casey. The Raptors have great depth, and should've been able to shut down some of the non-Lebron Cavs players easily. Korver and Love should've been the only ones giving them problems, and they even have the players to take Love out of the game too.

        I definitely think getting rid of Casey was the right idea, but I just have no clue where they go from here. Kawhi should be the #1 target. That might be super unrealistic though since nobody has any clue what's going on with the Spurs. Very few teams are in needs of point guards right now, so I'm not sure where Lowry can be traded to.

        I don't think you guys are in for a rough time, though. You still have two All-Stars, a great rotation, and an extremely smart GM in Masai :)

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